Over a
century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a now-famous address
that immediately cemented its place in the Motivational Speech Hall of Fame.
“It is
not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man
stumbles,” Roosevelt said. “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in
the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who comes short
again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming.”
Well …
yeah. Roosevelt was right -- decisions are made (and victories claimed) by
those who show up. But maintaining that kind of resilience day in and day out
is easier said than done. On days when you’ve been pummeled with one setback
after another and have worked 12 hours straight with no end in sight, how do
you keep going?
